Articles from the Socialist, issue 601
11 November 2009
Fight for real jobs and free education
War and occupation
End the war in Afghanistan: Bring the troops back now!
THE WAR in Afghanistan is bringing more and more bloodshed. About 1,500 Afghan civilians were killed between January and August this year and the numbers are still rising. The 110,000 Nato-led troops sent…
Socialism 2009
Socialism 2009: An excellent weekend!
1,000 people attended Socialism 2009 over the weekend of 7 and 8 November. First time attenders said:…
Postal workers strike
Postal workers force management back
The postal strike interim agreement between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail contains a number of concessions forced out of the bosses…
Defend the four campaign
Unison witch-hunt: Defend the Four campaign gets a boost
Four Socialist Party members – Onay Kasab, Glenn Kelly, Brian Debus and Suzanne Muna – are facing bans from holding office in Unison, ranging from three to five years…
Campaign for a New Workers Party
RMT conference on political representation
The RMT transport union hosted an open-to-all conference on the crisis in working class political representation on Saturday 7 November, writes Judy Beishon.
International socialist news and analysis
20 years after fall of Berlin Wall, capitalist triumphalism turns rotten
THE WORLD’S leading politicians, past and present, gathered in Berlin this week to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, writes Dave Carr.
General Motors – no to ‘divide and rule’ in Germany
Ireland: 90,000 march against government cuts
United Socialist Party congress delegates defy difficult conditions in Sri Lanka
Socialist Party workplace news
Despite completely made-up media reports of 100 strikers returning to work, resolve amongst Leeds refuse and street cleaning workers remains high going into the tenth week of all-out strike action, writes Alistair Tice.
London bus strike
Steelworkers get organised and score a victory over bonus payments
Young People
Big business fights for fees: Students must fight back
The higher education funding review that will look at university fees levels began on 9 November. On the same day a Compass/YouGov poll showed that only 12% of the public believe the review should even…
Internationally young people fight for their rights
Socialist Party review
Review: John Reid’s eighth edition of Reclaim the Game updates and develops his critique of the “greed is good” culture of British football, writes Jared Wood.
Anti-fascists tactics – What happened in Newport?
